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B-421043 Oct 20, 2022 1 (2022-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaonuf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                       Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                 of the United States
Decision
Matter of:  RJH Supply, LLC
File:     B-421043
Date:     October 20, 2022
Robert Hoffman, RJH Supply, LLC, for the protester.
James Goodman, Esq., Government Publishing Office, for the agency.
Michael P. Price, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
An authorized sales agent is not an interested party to pursue a protest with our Office
on its own behalf where the agent is not itself a prospective bidder or offeror and lacks a
direct economic interest in the procurement, as required by our Bid Protest Regulations.
DECISION
RJH Supply, LLC (RJH Supply), a small business of Davidsonville, Maryland, protests
the agency's actions relating to the procurement conducted under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. 635-485 (also referred to as Jacket 635-485), issued by the Government
Publishing Office (GPO) for trail signage for the National Park Service (NPS). The
protester contends that the signage should have been procured from Federal Prison
Industries, Inc. (UNICOR), in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
part 8.1
We dismiss the protest on the basis that the protester is not an interested party.
On July 20, 2022, NPS sent a requisition to GPO for trail signage for use along the
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Req. for Dismissal, exh. B, SF-1 Printing and
Binding Requisition at 1-2. On September 7, GPO issued an RFQ for the signage with
a closing date for receipt of quotations of September 8 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Req.
1 Federal Prison Industries, Inc., also referred to as UNICOR, is a self-supporting,
wholly owned Government corporation of the District of Columbia. FAR 8.601.

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